This is a special number”difficult” of Further investigation directed by Romain Verney for France 2, which will be broadcast on the channel on April 28. In the columns of TV Magazinethe reporter behind “PPDA, the fall of an untouchable” explains that certain testimonies of the tenors of TF1 were difficult to collect, and finally recapitulates those of the women alleged victims of the actions of the star of the JT of 20h…
“He grabs my hair and brings my face closer to his penis”
In all, twenty-three women testified last year, either to the police or to Release, The world and seven to eight. In the upcoming issue of “Complément d’Enquête”, a former director of the Practical Institute of Journalism tells how “from 1983-1984, we (he) had been advised never to send girls on internship where he was”.
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For her part, journalist Cécile Thimoreau explains that in 1996 or 1997, during a dinner at her home, the presenter would have “jumped on her”. The magazine also takes up the testimony of Mathilde (assumed first name), a TF1 journalist at the same time, who says: “He stares at me as I pass in the hallway, he comes up against me, unbuttons his pants, grab the hair and bring my face close to her sex”.
New testimony
A new testimony is finally brought by “Further Investigation”. That of Marie, 24 years old in 2015, Marie, who was a trainee at Radio Classique and who remembers “inappropriate gestures of the hand, on his thigh” from PPDA. “I had not given this type of message, we had spoken together not even ten minutes (…) He then offers me to go away for the weekend and tries to kiss me” she said too.
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